Sunday, March 11, 2012

Cinderella Man Analysis

In the Cinderella Man, James Braddock had undergone hard hit times during the depression. Some of the depression items are the one that relate to the idea of the music performance at the Madison Square Garden where many unemployed are enjoying their times with the music to relive some of the emotional state of mind. The music during the Boxing match was one that aimed to fade the mind of the depressed American. It was similar to the "Grapes Of Wrath" that aimed to reveal the Oklahoma-ins lives on their struggles. The second aspect of the Depression items relate to the fact that the Public Emergency Relief Administration had lent Mr. James an amount of cash to finance is house's utility bill beside his boxing career. The administration as part of the New Deal Initiative didn't do enough to keep up the lending capacity, but the key lesson out of film is revealed through the fact that James had returned the owed cash of $363 and plus to the Relief Fund, that not only showed the character of James, it defines the American value of how someone's dignity/integrity comes to play despite a tough depression period, and it defines an American who is determined to the cause of his family unity as a value in itself.
The Third Aspect of the film is that the last changes to Americans expectations of having the president as the problem solve, as in this case, not everyone was trusting Hoover enough to get the industrial workers and farmers back into the work site, as some majority of workers with a family couldn't afford paying their utility bills, and some were well determined to do so, meanwhile, the other half were depressed about their life's standards. The fourth aspect of the film is that the rural and urban outlook of major cities seemed to be structured within the slums of the major cites. The film does reveal the fact that the 1930s majority of workers and their families are living in slums that are sufficient but not without the capital needed. James Braddock had been active in Boxing and that career has brought many offered contracts that he could sign to compete nationally for boxing championships Matches, that has motivated him to strive far enough to keep with his family's aspirations, especially for his kids, Rose, James, and Howard. When he was invited upon my his opponent to a party celebrating the Initiating of the fight, he took a piece of lamp with him for his kids and that reveals the fact that his job for Boxing is not enough to keep his family fed and pay utility. The fifth aspect of the film relates to the Big Business, particularly the wealthy investors who hire and sponsor the Boxing Matches that are well popular around in Square Madison Garden, where thousands of both wealthy and depressed workers/farmers come to enjoy the game's actions. Some of the examples include the fact that John Bull's house was luxurious with the Ceramic and concrete Apartment where he lives that reveals the widen gap of the wealth and the underclass men and women who strive foe a job. I think that the aspect of wealth is a positive one, because one's wealth can produce enough industries that can hire and employee workers who are unemployed. It is similar to today's Berkshire's Buffet corp where it employees more than 300,000 worldwide, and one of third are in-sourcing jobs, and in the 1930s, investors could of at least have taking a major role in job-creation to develop a certain industry, such as mining, steel, or public infrastructural one.

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